NCKU-UHAMKA MoU to Foster Academic Cooperation in Social Sciences

May 19, 2014 03:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time

TAINAN, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, and University
of Muhammadiytah Prof. Dr. HAMKA (UHAMKA), Indonesia, signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on May 15 for promoting exchange of
faculty and students for further collaborative research.

Dr. Hwung-Hweng Hwung, president of NCKU, extended his welcome to the
delegation of UHAMKA led by Dr. Suyatno, rector of UHAMKA and addressed
his greetings and support to the collaborative efforts.

NCKU vice president Dr. Chih-Chin Ho who is also the dean of College of
Social Sciences, and UHAMKA rector Dr. Suyatno signed the MoU on behalf
of their respective organizations.

With the MoU, the cooperation between NCKU and UHAMKA will be escalated
to another level as their partnership will foster an even better
relationship between Taiwan and Indonesia.

In his welcoming speech, Dr. Ho said that the signing of MoU is a good
beginning for more profound cooperation between NCKU and UHAMKA.

He also gave a brief introduction of the College of Social Sciences and
referred to its academic achievement in recent years saying, “Especially
in Essential Science Indicators (ESI) regarding the number of published
paper and paper cited by professions, NCKU College of Social Sciences
was ranked second.”

“UHAMKA has received the World Peace Award from the United States since
1988 and has been awarded 1-star by QS since 2010,” according to Dr. Ho.

Dr. Suyatno mentioned that among 174 Muhammadiyah Colleges and
Univesities in Indonesia, the rank of UHAMKA is no. 4.

He also said that UHAMKA has a strong commitment to be a competitive
university and aspires to strengthen its partnership with prestigious
universities like NCKU.

“We know that NCKU is one of the best universities in Taiwan and after
singing the MoU, we’d like to send our academic staff and students to
NCKU to study and do some research which will improve the quality of our
resources,” Dr. Suyatno added.